Four authors have been shortlisted for the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book of the Year. Selected from 16 category finalists, the winner of each of the fiction, non-fiction, poetry and first book categories receives £5000 and the chance to receive a further £25,000 and overall book of the year accolade.
The category winners comprise:
- Fiction: John Aberdein – Strip the Willow (Polygon)
- Non–Fiction: Donald Worster - A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir (Oxford University Press)
- Poetry: Tom Leonard – Outside the Narrative (Word Power/Etruscan Books)
- First Book: Sarah Gabriel – Eating Pomegranates (Jonathan Cape)
One of these four authors will go on to win Scotland’s biggest literary prize; The Book of the Year, which will be announced as part of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust Book Award ceremony. The ceremony will be hosted by broadcast personality James Naughtie on 18 June 2010, as part of the Borders Book Festival.
For further information please visit the Scottish Arts Council website. You can book tickets to attend the awards ceremony by visiting our online Box Office or telephoning 0844 357 1060.
